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Iran's economic collapse: 'People selling their kidneys'
Arutz Sheva ^ | 7/8/18

Posted on 08/07/2018 9:13:45 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin, and expert on ancient Persia and modern Iran, spoke today (Tuesday) with Anat Davidov on Radio 103FM and referred to the sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on Iran yesterday.

"I found a heartbreaking site, in which there are dozens of people with phone numbers offering to sell their kidney," said Dr. Elam Gindin.

Iran's economy was teetering even before the sanctions were re-imposed. Last week, the Iranian rial plunged to a record low of less than 1,000 to the American dollar.

"What is going to happen today are restrictions on foreign currency trading. It is forbidden to sell dollars into Iran, and there is also a problem of transferring money out of the country," said Dr. Eilam Gindin, an expert on Iran at the Shalem Academic Center. "It is forbidden to bring metals into the country, and therefore the price of gold has soared accordingly, as have spare parts for vehicles."

"I've seen a video of a man kicking his TV when Rouhani is giving a speech. People now have no money. They're using up their savings, I've found a heartbreaking site that has dozens of people with phone numbers selling their kidneys. The rate of suicides has increased because of the economic situation. The gap between the rich and the poor continued to grow, "she said.

When asked where this could deteriorate and whether the social protest in the country will succeed in bringing about a change in thinking, Gindin said: "Sometime they will surprise us. We are accustomed to the repetitive pattern of the protest of the oppressed, but they will surprise us. Friends told me years ago that the price of freedom in Iran would be higher than in Syria. Maybe when they have nothing to lose it will work

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: economiccollapse; iran; kidneys; sanctions
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Watch them go back to the "Sanctions are killing babies" meme that they used in Iraq. How long will it take? Any bets?
1 posted on 08/07/2018 9:13:45 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Well that’ll work one time...err...nevermind.


2 posted on 08/07/2018 9:15:36 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Eleutheria5; MeganC; SkyDancer; Sarah Barracuda; Army Air Corps; GraceG; definitelynotaliberal; ...

I know a good Jewish doctor if they need one ;)


3 posted on 08/07/2018 9:15:56 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I thought the $145 BILLION CASH that 0bama gave them was going to right this wrong? The funds haven’t been shared with the people of Iran? What gives?

*SNORT* *SPIT* *SMIRK*

P.S. I WANT OUR MONEY BACK!


4 posted on 08/07/2018 9:16:17 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Eleutheria5

How many has NHS bought?


5 posted on 08/07/2018 9:20:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The money is most likely in Switzerland in a numbered account belonging to the mullah


6 posted on 08/07/2018 9:24:46 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

That went to Hamas, Hizbollah, some villas for the Mullahs, and a presidential palace or ten for Rouhani, if Iraq is any precedent.


7 posted on 08/07/2018 9:41:13 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

It is somewhat reminiscent of 1929-to-1932. Crash occurs...banks were in the middle with nothing much to hand out...even if you had thousands there the month before.

What’s been underway for a couple of years, and rapidly speeded up for the past two...businessmen taking their profits/monthly income, and transferring it into dollars or Euro. They then moved it to Qatar or Dubai....finding something of value (condo, gold in storage, or just a deposit box) and stashed it there to wait for the ‘crash’. If you go out today...banks don’t have any more dollars or Euro to swap. Private exchange people will still do it but for a 20-percent difference.

So a young guy comes up and wants to do a house purchase, and there’s only one single bank in the country now that conducts these. Their gimmick? You need to take your life savings and deposit it for a year into the bank (giving money for their game) before they arrange the house purchase.

Down at the regular-guy level....nothing is really working. The Mullahs and Ayatollahs simply lack any banking expertise to grasp this. In their mind, you’d just go and print more money, then hand that out.

My prediction is that the Revolutionary Guards have this one last hope that the EU or Europe will react, and just hand them ‘cash’. The EU did vote to arrange a loan. The problem is that it’s mostly all digital. What Iran wants is absolute cash (last talk about six weeks ago was 300-million Euro and some German bank would arrange for the cash....then fly it into Tehran). Nothing much has been said since then.

My gut feeling is that the 300-million Euro will arrive....get dispersed out in 72 hours, with people sending it off to Qatar or Dubai, and the regular guy on the street sees nothing. Within 3 months after the money arrives....there’s no mention of it, but Tehran will say it’s in need of more cash (kinda like a heroin-addict).

The EU will say ‘no’ the second time around, and somewhere around March to August of 2019....I think the Revolutionary Guard will stage a coup (either all of them or three of the services). The Mullahs/Ayatollahs will be told to stand to the side and just handle religion from that point on....not state matters.

By the end of 2019, some election will occur and the head of the coup will take off the uniform and play out the same act as Egypt has done for fifty years. Trump will offer to meet the guy (probably in Dubai or Qatar), and as spring arrives in 2020...Iran has a different US relationship. Just my humble opinion.


8 posted on 08/07/2018 9:45:05 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Eleutheria5

The man quoted in the article, is correct. An educated and sophisticated people did this to themselves. It’s going to take more than hundreds or thousands of people in the streets, it’s going. To take tens and hundreds of thousands turning against the regime. It’s going to be hard and it’s going to be bloody. Now the Turks have chosen the same course for themselves and someday the price is going to have to be paid there, too


9 posted on 08/07/2018 9:49:15 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Somehow or another, this is Donald Trump’s fault.


10 posted on 08/07/2018 9:52:20 AM PDT by webheart (Grammar police on the scene.)
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To: pepsionice

What Iran wants is absolute cash (last talk about six weeks ago was 300-million Euro and some German bank would arrange for the cash....then fly it into Tehran).

...

Obama spoiled them for door to door delivery.


11 posted on 08/07/2018 9:58:02 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: bigbob

I got a great offer for both of mine. It’s to die for!!!


12 posted on 08/07/2018 9:58:35 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Eleutheria5
Last week, the Iranian rial plunged to a record low of less than 1,000 to the American dollar.

Ummmmm….currently 42,000 to the dollar.

13 posted on 08/07/2018 10:05:08 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Moonman62

If you go there today....asking about the Obama 1.7-billion dollars/Euro that was handed over....no one says nothing. It arrived....apparently got shuffled around....then dispersed out to favorites of the Ayatollah...giving them a chance to swap Rial for dollars/Euro, then they shuffled the money out of the country.

I’ve been wanting to meet up with some Iranian who can give the street cost (what a box of apples would run, etc). Last I read, for a 3-course dinner (medium restaurant), for two folks....all you need is 700,000 Rial but that basically equals $16.


14 posted on 08/07/2018 10:07:28 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

In 2020: MSM refuses to give Trump any credit. Do not pass go. Do not get Nobel prize. We know you colluded with Russia. This is all Obama’s doing, yada yada. Congress ratifies real treaty. Trump gets reelected. Four more years of MSM carping and lying while Trump wins and wins and wins. Or Trump is assassinated by crazed snowflake shortly after winning reelection, and has face carved on Mt. Rushmore while environmentalist wackos protest.


15 posted on 08/07/2018 10:12:16 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: webheart

Of course. Sanctions are starving babies, old people and puppies./s


16 posted on 08/07/2018 10:13:43 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

That happened once in Germany. Nothing to worry about./s


17 posted on 08/07/2018 10:15:02 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Print faster!!!!


18 posted on 08/07/2018 10:16:48 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Eleutheria5

Meanwhile The Rich Kids of Tehran prance about.

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19 posted on 08/07/2018 10:17:14 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Heaven has a wall and strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders--seen on a tee shirt)
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To: Eleutheria5

“Play stupid games at a national level; win stupid prizes.”


20 posted on 08/07/2018 10:18:43 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Capitalists sign their checks on the front. Socialists sign theirs on the back.)
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